Binding: Hardcover
Description: The third in the Electra Mc Donnell series from Edgar - nominated author Ashley Weaver Playing It Safe is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies murder romance and wit. Ellie is a smart and gutsy new heroine. Ann Lee Huber As the Blitz continues to ravage London Ellie Mc Donnell formerly a safecracking thief but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an assumed identity to the port city of Sunderland and there await further instructions. In his usual infuriating way the Major has left her task as vague and mysterious as possible. Ellie ever - ready to aid her country heads north her safecracking tools in tow. But before she can rendezvous with the major she witnesses an unnatural death. A man falls dead in the street in front of her with a note clutched in his hand. Ellie's instincts tell her that the man's death is connected in some way to her mission. Soon Ellie and the major are locked in a battle of wits and a race against time with an unknown and deadly adversary and a case that leads them to a possible Nazi counterfeiting operation. With bombs dropping on the city and a would - be assassin shadowing their every move it will take all of Ellie's resourcefulness and Major Ramsey's fortitude to unmask the spymaster and avert disastrous consequences for England and for their own lives.
Title: Playing It Safe An Electra Mcdonnell Novel
Author(s): Weaver Ashley
Publisher: Minotaur Books Us
Barcode: 9781250885876
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 5/9/2023
Series: Electra McDonnell Series
Category: Historical Mysteries